Do you know of Russell ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Russell. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Russell.
Our sources for Russell (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Russell other than they indicate that Russell would be found somewhere in Isabella County, Michigan.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1890 and closed in 1902.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Russell ...
We found 44 communities that share the name Russell.
There are three communities within Michigan that are also named Russell.
Beyond Michigan, we know of another 41 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 41 communities, 40 are located in the United States and four are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Michigan ...
- Alcona County
- Delta County
- Dickinson County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Mobile County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Russell [Mobile County].
- Arkansas
- White County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Russell [White County].
- California
- Alameda County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Russell [Alameda County].
- Solano County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Russell [Solano County].
- Colorado
- Costilla County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Russell [Costilla County].
- Florida
- Clay County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Russell [Clay County].
- Georgia
- Barrow County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Russell [Barrow County].
- Illinois
- Iowa
- Lucas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Russell [Lucas County].
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Greenup County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Russell [Greenup County].
- Manitoba
- Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Russell.
- Massachusetts
- Hampden County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Russell [Hampden County].
- Minnesota
- Lyon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Russell [Lyon County].
- Mississippi
- Lauderdale County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Russell [Lauderdale County].
- Missouri
- Howard County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Russell [Howard County].
- Laclede County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Russell [Laclede County].
- Shannon County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Russell [Shannon County].
- Montana
- Chouteau County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Russell [Chouteau County].
- Nebraska
- Frontier County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Russell [Frontier County].
- New Brunswick
- Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Russell.
- New Hampshire
- Hillsborough County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Russell [Hillsborough County].
- New York
- Saint Lawrence County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Russell [Saint Lawrence County].
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Bottineau County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Russell [Bottineau County].
- LaMoure County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Russell [LaMoure County].
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Russell.
- Pennsylvania
- Warren County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Russell [Warren County].
- South Carolina
- Oconee County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Russell [Oconee County].
- Texas
- Leon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Russell [Leon County].
- Virginia
- Washington
- Walla Walla County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Russell [Walla Walla County].
- Wisconsin
- Trempealeau County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Russell [Trempealeau County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Russell ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Russell:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Russell - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
More Orphans in Isabella County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Isabella County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Russell could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |